Arthur Gordon (1912-2002)
Arthur Gordon, whose storied career as an author and editor spanned more than half a century, died Friday at home. The Savannah native was 89.

Family fitness: Exercise your options
This time of year, most people are thinking of resolutions for the new year that list of activities and projects that will improve your relationships, your job, your looks, your family life or your health.

Snowfall melts with increasing sun, temperatures
ATLANTA -- Sunny skies and temperatures in the low 40s helped Georgia thaw out Friday from its biggest snowfall in nearly nine years, putting cars back on the highways and airplanes back in the skies.

Similar issues, but new solutions
Effingham County commissioners are still concerned about the economy. Commissioner Homer Lee Wallace said a downturn like the one in 2001 could result in less consumer spending, hurt sales tax collections and result in state funding shortfalls.

Flurry worries
Call it the luck of the Lowcountry.
Or much ado about nothing.
While other parts of the state were blanketed by up to 6 inches of snow, Beaufort and Jasper counties received little more than a few shivers and a flurry of worries Thursday.

A meandering eclectic career for Savannah woman
I was making a mental note the other day of all the businesses that change addresses, close their doors or just plain up and skip town when I thought about Deloris Screen, whose hair and skin salon has been on the ground floor of Drayton Tower since the late '80s. By today's standards, that's a pretty long time

Vox Populi
"It only takes a day or so of this weather to make us realize how lucky we are to live here, even with the gnats and mosquitoes and Gary Udinsky."

Heads Up
Freedman Grove Road will be closed to through traffic for installation of new cross drain pipes Jan. 7-18. For more information, call the Liberty County Road Department at 884-3310 or 884-3319.

15 escape rooming-house flames
An early morning fire destroyed an apartment house Friday, displacing 15 residents and sending one of them, an elderly man, to the hospital.

New Islands YMCA opens Saturday
Rex Demers remembers when the YMCA on Wilmington Island wasn't always packed elbow-to-elbow with sports and workout enthusiasts -- but only because the Johnson High School math teacher has a good memory.

Shipping line to begin serving Savannah
CHARLESTON -- Mediterranean Shipping Co., the world's fourth-largest container line with a major presence in Charleston, will begin serving Savannah next month, causing some uneasiness on the Charleston waterfront.

Winter storm wreaks havoc in South
ATLANTA -- A treacherous winter storm laid a thick blanket of snow and ice across the South Thursday, downing power lines, causing car accidents and prompting South Carolina's governor to call up the National Guard to help stranded drivers.

Shelters near full capacity as climate dips
AUGUSTA -- Rick Langford trudged down the street with his hood on to help protect against the snow Thursday, so it wasn't until he was on the sidewalk in front of his destination that he saw that the gate to the Master's Table Soup Kitchen was still locked.

Vox Populi, the voice of the people
"The reason your picture on a driver's license looks awful is because it's designed to match your expression when stopped for a traffic violation."

Strip clubs set to get licenses
ATHENS -- It looks like the long legal dance between Athens officialdom and the county's strip clubs will continue into the new year.

That's brisk, baby
A gray dawn revealed a morning of rain and sleet. By 10 a.m., flurries brushed all corners of the city and the islands. At midday, the air cleared. The sky, a sheet of gray, regrouped as backlit clouds. Gusts blew the streets dry even as stray flakes danced overhead.

Religion bulletin
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Ossabaw: A willing captive
The mansion her parents built in 1926 still shows hints of opulence, but both the house and the island it occupies have changed dramatically in Eleanor Torrey West's lifetime.

Letters to the editor
I was truly touched by your coverage of Mike Finocchiaro's life and death. He certainly was an asset to this community and sports in our area. And he was one of the kindest men I have ever known.

Following the scratch
IT'S A simple statement, but one that many politicians live by: You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. The problem is that the public sometimes can't see who's doing the itching and who's doing the scratching.

Savannah's cold servings
IT WASN'T the Blizzard of '02. It wasn't even a dusting. Still, the white flakes that swirled from the gray skies over parts of the Savannah area midday Thursday were pretty while they lasted -- which wasn't very long, as they melted when they were no longer airborne.

SHS-Beach rivalry resumes with little fanfare
Teams and fans don't often storm the court following a season-opening win. But seven weeks ago, the Beach boys' basketball team and its supporters celebrated at center court of the Savannah Civic Center.

Prep hoopsters sprint into 2002
The new year means new stars in the Coastal Empire high school basketball ranks. This weekend's action begins a five-week sprint to the end of the regular season and into the region and state tournaments.

Remember the fans among NASCAR's resolutions
ATLANTA -- New Year's resolutions are easy to make and hard to keep. The new year gives everyone a chance to start over, to lose a few pounds, to stop smoking, to become a better person.

SSU women suffer 11th-straight defeat
Murray State put the freeze on the Savannah State on Thursday night at Tiger Arena as the Tiger women's basketball team suffered its 12th loss in a row.

Beach girls cruise vs. SHS
Beach's vulnerability is nothing more than a gross exaggeration.
The Bulldog girls' team, fresh off a long holiday break, dominated Savannah High on Friday in a 51-30 victory at Armstrong Atlantic State's Sports Center.

Balanced game from Jenkins lifts Rebels
Danielle Jenkins' all-around floor play was too much for Johnson to handle as Groves picked up a much-needed win against Johnson, 39-31, in girls' high school basketball Friday.

Sports briefs
The Savannah State men's basketball team's game against Lipscomb University, slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday, was postponed because of the recent inclement weather in the Southeast.